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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Vilnius?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Havana’s own page.

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Havana 64, Vilnius 17: Havana leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Vilnius 66: Havana leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Vilnius 46: Havana leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Vilnius 54: Havana leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Vilnius.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Havana has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m98 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaVilnius
City population2,492,618619,405
People per km²3,4231,545
Museums within 10 km1231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.